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We are bombarded with useless trivia and celebrity gossip despite the valiant efforts of a few remaining newspapers such as the New York Times and the Washington Post, along with Democracy Now, National Public Radio, Pacifica, and Jim Lehrer of the Public Broadcasting Service. These organizations still practice journalism as an ethical pursuit on b
... See moreChris Hedges • Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
As Real America breaks down the ossified libertarianism of Free America, Just America assaults the complacent meritocracy of Smart America. It does the hard, essential thing that the other three narratives avoid, that white Americans have avoided throughout our history. It forces us to see the straight line that runs from slavery and segregation to
... See moreGeorge Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
Rereading “Editorial Discretion”
For nonreligious people, the preference is to view things as acceptable until and unless they must be forbidden, to err on the side of freedom. For the evangelical left, however, the world is defined by what is acceptable, and everything outside this acceptability is wrong and bad. The scales are tipped heavily against anything outside their norms.
... See moreMichael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
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Harvey R. Neptune • Caliban and the Yankees: Trinidad and the United States Occupation
We have a problem in this country with telling the truth about what’s really going on, especially when it comes to the history and the day-to-day realities faced by the black population. It’s always skewed or distorted or ignored. Sometimes I can’t tell which is worse. Would I rather they ignored the death of Michael Brown, or would I rather they s
... See moreBrad "Scarface" Jordan • Diary of a Madman: The Geto Boys, Life, Death, and the Roots of Southern Rap
